It is time to fast-track the passing of a measure that seeks to prevent adolescent pregnancy in the Philippines, according to a young lawmaker from Quezon City (QC). ManilaBulletin
First district QC Congressman Juan Carlos “Arjo” Atayde — the author of House Bill 7276 known as the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Act — is encouraging all his colleagues to get their act together to create immediate policies and finally put a solution to this grave problem.
The House Committee on Youth and Sports Development, he said, has recently approved a substitute bill that forms a national policy to address adolescent pregnancy as well as social protection for adolescent parents. Atayde said the bill provides for the establishment of the Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Inter-Agency Council that would formulate and implement policies for family-oriented, adolescent-friendly sexual and reproductive health programs.
The bill is being pushed by The Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population and Development Foundation, Inc, of which Atayde serves as treasurer. According to a UNFPA study, adolescent mothers are more likely not to finish high school or college and are likely to be unemployed.
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